tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3934666143951275122.post6705158579483418531..comments2023-06-29T01:21:23.737+10:00Comments on Tamara and Ducky have Permaculture Adventures: Harvesting knowledgeTamara and Ducky have the same squinty right eye :)http://www.blogger.com/profile/01801820477736995908noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3934666143951275122.post-64052925518206992502010-05-11T15:41:05.312+10:002010-05-11T15:41:05.312+10:00Your writing is so Aussie. I espcially loved your ...Your writing is so Aussie. I espcially loved your delicately-worded Artichoke story. <br />I'd love to join you for dinner - chestnut flour crepes with quince cooked till rubbery-red, how alluring. But could I be further away? - its Tokyo, and its spring. Six more months. Who knows, we might end up hoeing into that feast together at Fuji Eco Park. <br />xxx<br />Big hug.<br />Ceciliaceciliahttp://www.balconyofdreams.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3934666143951275122.post-61925014551898958602010-05-11T14:00:53.891+10:002010-05-11T14:00:53.891+10:00Good to read about your grand adventures from my m...Good to read about your grand adventures from my much more limited suburban garden - the joys here are similar and the annoyances the same - nobody told me that organic gardening meant picking dead earwigs out of the soup before serving. But I just love wandering out and deciding what to have for dinner according to what looks the ripest. I think it's eggplant tonight. Cheers, MarianMarian Quartlyhttp://www.arts.monash.edu.au/historical-studies/staff/mquartly.phpnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3934666143951275122.post-9583021500117404652010-05-11T04:19:52.662+10:002010-05-11T04:19:52.662+10:00G'day Tamara, glad to hear that you are travel...G'day Tamara, glad to hear that you are travelling well...I have just returned from the 'Dehesa' region of Extramadura (http://picasaweb.google.com/permaculture.biz/DehesaExtramaduraEspana) in western Spain where I was working with farmers in that region. With regards the chestnut harvesting I think the best way to harvest them is the same as these farmers do with the cork and holm oaks of the Dehesa: with pigs! The only tongs you need then are to pick up the great ham that comes! All the best and enjoy the journey (s). Regards, Darren J. DohertyHeenanDohertyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08592007848262786340noreply@blogger.com